Sure, not everyone at work is going to love you.
There’s that accounting specialist whose coffee mug says, “I hate Mondays.”
She doesn’t like you, or anyone, or anything else, for that matter.
Every corporate catchphrase can be translated into basic English.
Tempted to say, “let’s think outside the box?”
Instead, say, “Let’s be creative.”
Instead of “circling back,” how about suggesting colleagues “meet again to discuss?”
“His shareholder letters are so well-written that they’re considered the gold standard.”
